Warning: Contains spoilers for Futurama Season 12, Episode 8!
Leela has always had a dark backstory in her FuturamaAnd season 12 only made things even worse 22 years after introducing the storyline. like A mutant orphan who grew up without a familyLeela is one of the most tragic characters in FuturamaS Planet Express crew. however, Futurama The last episode of season 12 focuses on Leela’s backstory, with this arc making things even sadder than before.
Futurama Season 12, Episode 8, “Cuteness Overlord” follows Amy V She becomes obsessed with collecting fuzzy funbagsA series of collectible plushies meant to parody real-life Beanie Babies. However, the gang soon discovers that Fuzzy Funbags are actually a dangerous alien race determined to conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Leela and her friends visit her childhood orphanage, with the two storylines crossing in a terrifying way.
Futurama season 12 finally shows off Leela’s childhood orphanage location
And it’s just as sad as it sounds
It was always known that Leela was raised in an orphanage, with her spending her childhood in the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium after her parents sent her to the surface so that she could have a better life than she would in the sewers. This oprahanium was first shown in the 2002 Futurama episode “Leela’s Homeworld,” but season 12’s return to it adds an even darker twist.
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While at the orphanage in “Cuteness Overlord,” Some of the characters visit Leela’s room. The room is incredibly dirty and worn, and while Liela points out that her room did have a window, it turns out that there is a broken hole in the wall that a sheep is crawling through. Leela’s childhood room is clearly not suitable for a child, with this revelation making Leela’s childhood even sadder.
Leela’s childhood bedroom makes her Futurama backstory so much sadder
It clearly still affects her to this day
While the sights of Leela’s childhood bedroom are sad enough, her reaction to the Futurama Reveals is still sad. In “Cuteness Overlord,” Leela speaks positively about her room at the orphanage. She pointedly points out that the hole in the wall is a window, and that the raccoon that enters the room was her only childhood friend.
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These reactions show that Liela was deceived as a child into believing that the conditions were acceptable, and these beliefs clearly carried over into adulthood. Furthermore, the episode highlights how many of the children continue to live in the orphanage, with them waiting every day to be adopted. While the dark jokes are meant to be made Futurama The viewers laugh, it acts as a reminder of how tragic Lila’s orphan upbringing was.